Cam.



M. R. CASEY.

CAM.

APPLICATION FILED 00m. 1915.

, 1,177,:504. V Patgnted Mar. 28,1916.

(1,177,304; 1 n Application filed octoberfl, 1915, Seria1'No.5 3,613. Tojal l {Lbhofltt't whom in I Be it; [known that 3 I, MARION citizen of the United States of America, and

l ASSIGNMENTS; To "CLINTON R. CASEY, a

aflresident of Clintomqcounty of Laurens,

specification. 1 Before my StateofSouthCarolina; have invented cer jtain new and useful Improvements in Cams, "which the following isa full and clear by newfones, except that in certain Instances cams hzwe beenfl provided with detachable and renewable ;faces and points. i i It isjthe object of the present nvention ttoprovide simple means for patching those "porticns iof the periphery of a cam which it P is notffeasible to make detachable, and thus greatly prolong thel-ifeot" the cam, as more 1ffully hereinafterset iforth.

'QInthe drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of onefiside \of la loom cam showing my patchfapplied thereto;; Fig.2 is a similar f viewfof the oppositejside of the cam; Fig. 3 is asectional 'vieiv onfthe 1ine;3-3 of Fig.

i [the cam patch;

1; and Fig. 4 is la detail perspective 'view of In the drawings; have illustrated my fdevicei as applied tofa well known type of loom cam in which thel point a is made detachablefrom the mainpart of the cam, this point being clamped to the main cam by ;means of a bolt j b'ilndfl belng fitted into a peripheral notch formed in the cam coincident with the bintthereof. 'In this type of cam; the periphery justback of the point a I soonpbecomes so worn, as designated by-the y letter o inFig ]1, thata new cam has to be provided,- thusentailing not only the delay ,of replacingtheycam with a new one, but

a 1 1Tb bridge orgcarry the roll or ball that alsothe loss of a r-am. i a

i usuallyfworkson the camperiphery across a groove fYWhiCht engages under the usual against the cam body by the same bolt 5 1 i Specification of Letters Patent.

invention, it was the common practice to unk worn cams and replace them with a flames R.;oAsnY,-o1*;ot:[uro1v, SOUTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR, iBY-DIRECT AND MESNE CAM COMPANY, or CLINTON, scorn CAROLINA, A conmromrioni ossournoenotms. M a

Which fastens the detachable point a to the cam, and the other end of the patch plate 1s bolted removably in position by means of an extra bolt h which is passed throughaslot i 111 the pa h and the usual arcuate slot Z formed in the cam at a point back of the Patented Mar. 28, 191

point; The two slots 11 and Z permit of the adjustment necessary to bringthe peripheral or operative surface e of the patch into nice almement with the periphery of the cam proper.

It Will be understood that While I illustrate my patch as applied to a'loom cam, I

may so proportion and shape the patch that it may be used on a great variety of cams and tappets; and I'therefore do not Wish o to be limited to a loom cam in the applicatioii nfmy invention. It will be observed that when the patch is applied to the cam in the position illuse trated, namely, just behind the point of the pain, or, in other WOIdS, at-the point of largto overyveight the cam at that point. I have found'm practice that if this type of cam, thus overweighted, is used in a certain type est diameter of the cam, the patch serves 1 of loom l obtain very important advantages in the running of the loom. I doano claim this broad idea in this application, as the same is made the subject matter of a copending application Serial No. 74,793, filed January 28, 1916.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim is:

1. The combination with a cam having a portion of its periphery worn down, of a patch plate bolted to the side of the cam at a point coincident with said worn portion and having an operative or peripheral sur- 1 face bridging; said Worn portion in circumferential alinement with theperipheral sur face of the cam.

2. The combination with a cam having a portion of its peripheral surface Worn down, said cam being provided with a lateral flange f at its periphery, of a patch and means for bolting it at the side of the cam at a point coincident with the Worn down portion, the peripheral surface of this patch bridging the worn down portion and lying in alinement with the peripheral surface of the cam patch plate being provided gramme or f along its inner peripherai edge to engage under said lateral flange 3. The combination with a loom cam havriphery' in circumferential alinement with ing a detachable point, and a bolt for fasthe peripher tening this point to the cam, of a patch purpose set forth. v I

plate having its forward end fastened to In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my 5 the cam by the aforesaid bolt, a boltfor signature.

fastening the other end of the cam plate to the cam,' said patch plate having its pe- I MARION Rr CA SEY.

y of the cam' proper, for the 

